Create a new fast-track assessment process and remove access to the Refugee Review Tribunal for fast-track applicants

Remove most references to the United Nations Refugee Convention from the Migration Act and replace them with a new statutory framework which articulates Australia's interpretation of its protection obligations under the convention

Statutory limit on the number of protection visas in each year

Tighter circumstances test for the "well-founded fear of prosecution" claim for protection

Most alarming of all perhaps the government will "seek to ensure that children born in Australia to a parent who is a transitory person can also be taken to a regional processing country."I believe as well as many others that we, as a wealthy, educated first world country, have a moral obligation to take in people who need our help because their own countries are being torn apart by terrifying wars and extreme poverty. Australia is supposed to take in refugees under the 1951 United Nations Refugee convention. "The 1951 Convention protects refugees. It defines a refugee as a person who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of his or her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail him—or herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution (see Article 1A(2)). People who fulfill this definition are entitled to the rights and bound by the duties contained in the 1951 Convention." (to find out more got to http://www.unhcr.org/4ec262df9.html)These rights include:• The right not to be expelled, except under certain, strictly defined conditions (Article 32);• The right not to be punished for illegal entry into the territory of a contracting State (Article 31);• The right to work (Articles 17 to 19);• The right to housing (Article 21);• The right to education (Article 22);• The right to public relief and assistance (Article 23);• The right to freedom of religion(Article 4);• The right to access the courts(Article 16);• The right to freedom of movement within the territory (Article26); and• The right to be issued identity and travel documents (Articles 27 and 28).Australia is part of the United Nations and yet, not only is this bill being considered, we have detention centres. Detention centres are were refugees are held during processing. They are often in neighbouring countries. I understand the need for some sort of processing system but these detentions centres are often in bad condition and the people inside them neglected. “They don’t deserve it – they’re humans too,” an Australian guard said according to http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/security-guard-exposes-horrendous-conditions-at-manus-island-detention-centre/story-fnhnv0wb-1226881874398?nk=b3a2552aef8c2170c8c08297f2f97d62. Thank you so much if you read this whole thing. This is a really important subject that needs to be addressed so if you live in Australia take action by starting a petition, writing a letter, etc.

A monster is often defined as a horrible, terrifying imaginary creature but there is much more to this commonly used term. I believe that as you get older your view on what a monster is, changes. For example when I asked my younger sister to describe a monster she described a monsters physical appearance using words like, ugly, sharp teeth and claws. I then asked my mother. Her answer was very different; she described a monsters personality using words like, cruel, evil and mean. Why would they have completely different ideas of what a monster was? Because as you become older you witness what the word ‘monster’ really means. When you’re younger your ideal of a monster is one that they have in cartoons, that lives under beds or in your cupboard. Once you’re an adult you realise that it is someone’s actions that causes them to be defined as a monster. Oxford English dictionary defines monster to be three things:A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creatureAn inhumanly cruel or wicked personA rude or badly behaved person, typically a childAs in two of these definitions we often consider monsters inhuman in literature. This is because as humans we put ourselves above all other life. In the screen play Frankenstein the monster is mistreated and judged purely on physical appearance. This book was written in 1818 and yet the views expressed by people are similar to those that are sometimes expressed now. I am in no way saying that if something scary seems to be attacking you ignore it and hug them, I’m saying don’t be so quick to judge!Anyway thanks for reading, tell me what you think makes a monster in the survey below.